Tried and True Sim Explores

I started this blog post on Thursday and was going to call it a Throwback Thursday post for Thanksgiving.  I thought I'd post some of my fave long lasting explore sims in appreciation for the joy they've consistently brought me in a world where many places come and go.  These have been around a long time and I'm sure I've blogged them all at some point or another in the past but are worthy of a new post for new residents or some that don't get around much.  Some have changed a little making further exploring a new experience. I might even add a few more later.  Enjoy

Black Kite: Great for exploring, posing, pictures, relaxing: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Black%20Kite/97/233/21

Winter Wonderland the annual Linden Labs winter sim. There are two sides one for skiing, and various activities and other other is the snowball fight area with fireworks at the top of the hour, snowball launchers and so much more:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winter%20Wonderland%205/128/128/22





Tempura Island in Japan, beautiful romantic sim with lot of hidden places and scenery to enjoy http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/tempura%20island/128/128/21



Ocho Tango, tango dance club, art sculptures, : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/tempura%20island/128/128/21




Shinda Inspire Space Park: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shinda/128/128/15




The Wastelands  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Wastelands/128/128/76




ChouChou: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Wastelands/128/128/76

Explore Black Kite

Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Kite/128/124/21 or direct link here:  BlackKiteHere

This is a must see sim for explorers and people who like to see cool things and take photos.  I had visited before but I'm not sure if they added things or I was in a hurry and missed some spots, and I'm really glad fellow blogger Ziki Questi posted some photos in Flickr that got me headed over there, as I just keep finding more and more cool looking spots that I feel warrant preserving in pictures.   I hope you enjoy it as much as I am.

I touched base with sim owner, theblackcloud Oh, and she was very kind and generous in offering her sim to share with others.  She explained it's been around for about a year now and has been getting a lot of good traffic lately. 

And clearly it's a magical sim as in this pic I got both shadows and reflections which I previously never had.  This pic is untouched and all I did was pose and put on coastal sunset windlight.   Gotta love SL. : )